Category Archives: Travel Guides
An Experiment in Love
Following `A Change in Climate`, this brilliant novel from the double Man Booker prize-winning author of `Wolf Hall` is a coming-of-age tale set in Seventies London. It is London, 1970. Carmel McBain, in her first term at university, has cut free of her childhood roots in the north. Among the gossiping, flirtatious girls of Tonbridge
The Sewing Circles of Herat – A Memoir of Afghanistan
A gold-inscribed invitation to a wedding in Pakistan led Christina Lamb to leave suburban England for Peshawar – a town perched on the frontier of the Afghan war – at the age of just 21. Captivated by the Afghans she met, for two years she tracked the final stages of the mujaheddin victory over the
City of the Beasts
An ecological romance with a pulsing heart, equal parts Rider Haggard and Chico Buarque – one of the world`s greatest and most beloved storytellers broadens her style and reach with a Amazonian adventure story that will appeal to all ages. Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold has the chance to take the trip of a lifetime. With his
Speckled People
`This is the most gripping book I`ve read in ages …It is beautifully written, fascinating, disturbing and often very funny.` Roddy Doyle The childhood world of Hugo Hamilton, born and brought up in Dublin, is a confused place. His father, a sometimes brutal Irish nationalist, demands his children speak Gaelic, while his mother, a softly
Goodbye Mog
Mog was tired. She was dead tired…Mog thought, `I want to sleep for ever.` And so she did. But a little bit of her stayed awake to see what would happen next. Mog keeps watch over the upset Thomas family, who miss her terribly, and she wonders how they will ever manage without her. Nothing
The Pale Horseman
The second book in Bernard Cornwell`s epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. BBC2`s major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series. When peace is torn apart by bloody Danish steel, Uhtred must
Birds of South America
The only field guide to illustrate and describe every non-passerine species of bird in South America. This superbly illustrated field guide to the birds of South America covers all the non-passerines (non-perching birds from Divers to Woodpeckers). All plumages for each species are illustrated, including males, females and juveniles. Featuring 1,273 species, the text gives
I Didn`t Do It For You: How the World Used and Abused a Small African Nation
Just as the beat of a butterfly`s wings is said to cause hurricanes on the other side of the world, so the affairs of tiny Eritrea have reached onto the agenda of superpower strategists.Eritrea is a little-known country scarred by decades of conflict and occupation. It has weathered the world`s longest-running guerrilla war and the
Beyond Black
A comically sinister tale of wicked spirits and suburban mediums from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of `Wolf Hall` and `Bring Up the Bodies`. Alison Hart, a medium by trade, tours the dormitory towns of London`s orbital ring road with her flint-hearted sidekick, Colette, passing on messages from beloved dead ancestors. But behind her plump,
Fox in Socks
In this hilarious book, the irrepressible Fox in Socks teaches a baffled Mr. Knox some of the slickest, quickest tongue-twisters in town. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully
Coral Reef Guide – Red Sea
Richly illustrated with colour photographs and drawings, this guide covers most of the marine species likely to be encountered while diving or snorkelling in the Red Sea & Gulf of Aden. Fish, reptiles, mammals, invertebrates and plants are covered and indexed by both common and scientific names. Introductory sections deal with geological, oceanographical, ecological and
Great Speeches
This collection of Winston Churchill`s speeches belongs to a series audio-books which include some of the most well-known speeches of modern times. These speeches span the years 1940 – 1987. Other audio-books in this series includes John F Kennedy`s Inaugural Address, Richard Nixon`s Resignation speech, Rev Martin Luther King, Harry S Truman, Franklin D Roosevelt
Savage Garden
The No.1 bestselling novel and Richard & Judy Summer Read: a haunting tale of murder, love and lost innocence for fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Jed Rubenfeld Behind a villa in the heart of Tuscany lies a Renaissance garden of enchanting beauty. Its grottoes, pagan statues and classical inscriptions seem to have a secret
Birds of Mexico and Central America
The essential guide to identifying every species of bird you may see in this area, for tourists and wildlife enthusiasts. `Birds of Mexico and Central America, is the only field guide to illustrate and describe every species of bird you may see in Central America from Mexico to Panama, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador,
My Invented Country – A Memoir
The life story of Isabel Allende – one of the world`s favourite writers – is as exotic, passionate and inspiring as one of her novels. Just three when her parents divorced, Isabel Allende was raised in her grandparents` home in Chile. She left school at 16; and married Miguel Frias at 19. She then juggled
High Tide: News From A Warming World
The No Logo of climate change — a book that shows how global warming is not a theory we should still debate, but something that has already happened on a global scale. Climate change is not a concern for the future. It`s happening right now. In this book — based on the latest scientific evidence
Maps of Tolkien`s Middle-earth
Available together for the first time, Tolkien`s Maps of The Hobbit, Beleriend and Middle-earth are beautifully presented in an exquisite box-set illustrated by John Howe. This special edition includes a unique map of Numenor. Written by the writer and broadcaster Brian Sibley, a foremost expert on The Lord of the Rings (he adapted the novel
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable book about his experiences locked inside his body. A masterpiece and a bestseller in France, it is now a major motion picture directed by Julian Schnabel. On 8 December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered a
The Hungry Tide
The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal. An Indian myth says that when the river Ganges first descended from the heavens, the force of the cascade was so great that the earth would have been destroyed if it had
From the Land of Green Ghosts-A Burmese Odyssey
The astonishing story of a young man`s upbringing in a remote tribal village in Burma and his journey from his strife-torn country to the tranquil quads of Cambridge. In lyrical prose, Pascal Khoo Thwe describes his childhood as a member of the Padaung hill tribe, where ancestor worship and communion with spirits blended with the
